Johnny Hurley was hailed by police as a hero for shooting and killing a gunman they say had killed one officer in a Denver suburb and expressed hatred for.
Man Who Fatally Shot Gunman in Colorado Was Killed by Officer: Police
The man police called a hero for having shot and killed a suspected gunman in Colorado at a shooting incident earlier this week was found to have died in the incident due to having been shot by another police officer, authorities announced.
A series of shooting incidents in the Denver suburb of Arvada on June 21 left three people dead veteran police officer Gordon Beasley, 51; suspect gunman Ronald Troyke, 59; and onlooker John Hurley, 40.
The Arvada Police Department said that a responding officer fatally shot Hurley the man they called a hero after he saw Hurley holding an AR-15.
Colorado Shooting Suspect Makes Second Court Appearance
DENVER A 22-year old man accused of fatally shooting 10 people in March at a Colorado supermarket made his second court appearance Tuesday and a judge scheduled a September hearing to review evidence in the case.
The hearing for suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa lasted about two minutes and did not include any substantive discussion about the case, including his defense team’s claim the Alissa suffers from an unspecified mental illness.
At Alissa’s first hearing the week of the March 22 attack in Boulder, defense attorney Kathryn Herold said the defense legal team needed two or three months to evaluate his “mental illness” and evidence collected by investigators before proceeding. She did not provide more specific details about his mental health at that time.
Southbound Parker Road was shut down at Interstate 225 in Aurora after a reported road rage incident led to a shooting, leaving one man in critical condition, officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Colorado Shooter Faces Over 40 New Charges Including The Use Of Banned Large Magazine forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.